Railway-tie.



W. T. BRISTER. RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11, 1909.

945,21 5.. Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

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UNITED STATES lfATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. BRISTER, 0F OAKALLA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 WILLIAMT. WHITIS AND ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES J". BELL, BOTH 0F OAKALLA, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application filed September 11, 1909. Serial No. 517,216.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM T. Bnrs'rnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at ()akalla, in the county of Burnet and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to railway tics of that general class described inUnited States Letters Patent issued to me on the 10th day of September,1907, under Number 865,354.

The object of my present invention is to generally improve and simplifythe construction of the rail securing device by the provision of aclamping plate terminating at one end in a pair of spaced brackets thatextend over the base flange of the rail, the said clamping plate beingheld in engagement with the base flange of the rail by a pair of spacedlugs formed with the top plate of the tie and which bear against therear end of the clamping plate.

A further object is to give greater strength and stability to the tieproper by seating the rail flange directly upon the top plate of the tieinstead of upon the clamping plates, as in my former invention.

(Vith the above advantages and other objects in view which will appearas the nature of my invention is better understood, my inventionembraces the novel details of construction and combination of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawing, described in the followingspecification and set. forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of a tie and rail fastenings constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional View taken on the line AB of Fig. 2.

' ike characters of reference designate similar parts in the viewsshown.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a bottom plate from thelongitudinal edges of which rise the vertical side walls 2 and 3, thetop edges of which are connected by a top plate 4:. Vertical partitions5 are formed integral with the bottom plate and extend to the top plate,as shown, so as to reinforce the tie at the point of contact with therail. The intermediate portions of the bottom plate are preferably openso that the soil of the road bed may enter between the vertical sidewalls and prevent the creeping of the tie.

In order to reduce the cost of manufacture, the bottom plate may bedispensed with altogether in which case the transverse bracingpartitions may be disposed as illustrated or positioned at each end ofthe tie so as to provide a tie substantially in the form of arectangular opened bottomed box which may be embedded into the earthuntil the top plate is flush with the surface of the ground, the sidesforming anchoring wings which positively prevent the creeping of thetie.

Formed integral with the top plate 1 are a plurality of brackets 6 whichextend over the base flange of the rail, as shown. Formed with andprojecting from the top plate are a pair of lugs 7 which bear againstthe lateral edge of the opposite side of the base flange. To secure therail in operative posi tion, one side of the base flange may be engagedin the brackets 6 when the rail may readily be dropped in position sothat the lugs 7 will bear against the lateral edge of the opposite sideof the base flange. It is thus seen that the rail is held againstlateral movement without the use of spikes or similar connections andfurther that the rail is not positively held at any point so that therail may expand and contract without danger of snapping off the securingdevices.

For holding the rail against turning over a clamping plate 8 isprovided. The clamping plate 8 is supported upon the top face of the topplate 4 and is provided at one end with a pair of spaced brackets 9which ex tend over the base flange of the rail. The clamping plate is.of sufficient size to slidingly fit between the spaced lugs 7 whichlatter prevent any lateral or creeping movement of the clamping plate. Apair of lugs 10 projecting upwardly from the top plate bear against therear face of the clamping plate whereby to hold the brackets upon theopposite end of the clamping plate in engagement with the base flange ofthe rail.

Formed integrally with the top plate and arranged on opposite sides ofthe clamping plate are loops 11 through which wedges 12 are engaged andbear against the top surface of the clamping plate whereby to hold thelatter in operative position.

Pivoted on the vertical wall 2 is a T shaped locking member 13, theshank 14 of which bears against the head portion of the wedges andprevents the accidental disen gagement of the same from the loops.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it is thought that the construction and operationof my device will be easily understood without a more extendedexplanation, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion and minor details of construction may be made withoutsacrificing any of the advantages or departing from the spirit of theinvention.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. The combination with a railway tie having a bottom plate, verticalside plates rising from the longitudinal edges of said bottom plate, atop plate connecting the top edges of said side plate, and transversepartitions extending upward from said bottom plate, of a plurality ofbrackets projecting upwardly from said top plate and adapted to extendover one side of the base flange of a rail, a pair of spaced lugsprojecting from said top plate and adapted to bear against the lateraledge of the opposite side of said base flange, a clamping plate havingone end engaged over said rail base, a pair of integral lugs bearingagainst the opposite end of said clamping plate and adapted to hold thesame in engagement with said base flange, loops secured to the top plateon opposite sides of said locking plate and a wedge engaging said loopsand adapted to engage the top face of said clamping face whereby toretain the same in operative po sition.

2. The combination of a railway tie having a bottom plate, verticalwalls rising from the lateral edges of said bottom plate, a top plateconnecting the top edges of said vertical walls, a plurality oftransverse vertical partitions extending upwardly from said bottom plateto said top plate, a plurality of brackets extending upwardly from saidtop plate and adapted to extend over one side of the base flange of arail, a pair of spaced lugs formed integral with said top plate andadapted to bear against the lateral edges of the opposite side of saidbase flange, a clamping plate supported by said top plate and adapted toloosely engage the opposed faces of said lugs, said clamping platehaving at one end a pair of brackets adapted to extend over the baseflange of the rail, lugs formed integral with said top plate and adaptedto bear against the opposite end of said clampin'g plate whereby to holdthe brackets thereof in engagement with said base flange, a pair ofloops arranged on opposite sides of said clamping plate, and a wedgeengaged through said loops and adapted to bear against said clamp platewhereby to hold the same in operative position, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination with a railway tie having a top plate, vertical sideplates depending from said top plate, transverse bracing partitionsconnecting said sides and top, of a plurality of brackets integral withsaid top plate and adapted to extend over one side of the base flange ofa rail, a pair of spaced lugs projecting from said top plate and adaptedto bear against the opposite longitudinal edge of the base flange ofsaid rail, a clamping plate supported upon the top plate and having atone end a pair of spaced brackets adapted to extend over the base flangeof a rail on the same side thereof as said lugs, a second pair of lugsformed integral with' said top plate and adapted to extend over the rearend face of said clamping plate, a pair of loops arranged on oppositesides of said clamping plate and adapted to loosely engage the lateralfaces thereof, and a wedge insertible into said loops and adapted tobear against the top face of the clamping plate whereby to hold the samein operative position and a locking member swiveled on the side wall ofsaid tie and having a portion adapted to engage the head of said wedgewhereby to hold the same engaged in said loops substantially VILLIAM T.BRISTER.

lVitnesses D. E. STEWART, A. M. SMITH.

